January 2018 – Page 15 – RAMP – Radio and Music Pros

Special Merit Award Recipients Announced

• The Recording Academy™ revealed its 2018 Special Merit Awards recipients — this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are Hal

• Canadian Music Week (CMW) is pleased to announce Caroline Beasley, Chief Executive Officer of Beasley Media Group as a

• All this month, The Morning Dream Team on Bonneville Urban AC KBLX/San Francisco is “back at it” making dreams

• We want to send our best wishes to promo pro DeeDee Kearney, who departed her position as Capitol Records’

• Longtime Grand Rapids radio vets Tommy Dylan and Brook Taylor, best known for their decade-long stint in mornings on

• Imagine Dragons, Juanes, Alison Krauss, Jerry Douglas, Little Big Town, Zac Brown Band, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus and Portugal.

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• Music’s Biggest Night® just got noticeably bigger as the Recording Academy™ announced additional acts to perform on the upcoming

• iHeartMedia introduced Chris Soechtig as the new Market President for the company’s Tampa Bay group. He succeeds Sam Nein,

• Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber, DJ Khaled and The Chainsmokers lead

• In another high-level industry departure, Variety reports Mark Williams has exited as President of A&R for Columbia Records. The